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One week: five FHSS publications
Last week was a good week for FHSS from a publishing perspective. On the last day of February Sociological Research Online published a book review with Dr. Pramod Regmi as first author, which we...
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Dr. Masi Fathi appointed to the board of Sociological Research Online
Congratulations to Dr. Mastoureh (Masi) Fathi, FHSS Lecturer in Sociology, who has been appointed to the editorial board of Sociological Research Online. Sociological Research Online is a...
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PPI Seminar 2: How the Public can Inform Research Design – A Case Study
Importance of public involvement in research design: An orthopaedic case study Lisa Gale-Andrews & Dr Zoe Sheppard Date Monday 15th March 2017 Time 3:00 – 4:30 pm Location EB708, Executive Business...
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Nepal conference at BU
FHSS has the honour of hosting the 15th BNAC (Britain-Nepal Academic Council) Nepal Study Days on 12-13 April 2017. All presentations will focus on Nepal, its diaspora and/or the Nepali cultural world....
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PPI Seminar 3: Recruitment and support in patient and public involvement
Recruiting and supporting participants to engage in meaningful patient and public involvement Dr Mel Hughes & Angela Warren Overview Drawing on BU PIER’s experience of coordinating around 175...
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New FHSS paper on migration research
Last week saw the publication of the latest paper by Faculty of Health & Social Sciences (FHSS) staff. This paper ‘Identifying the gaps in Nepalese migrant workers’ health and well-being: a review...
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Nepali migrant workers in India #GlobalFoL17 presentation in Delhi
On the last day of BU’s Global Festival of Learning-India 2017 Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen presented the following paper: ‘Nepali migrant workers: trials & tribulations’. The Global Festival of...
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New publication Dr Jenny Hall
Congratulations to CMMPH’s Dr. Jenny Hall, Senior Midwifery Lecturer, on the publication of her scientific paper ‘The Spiritual Journey of Infertile Couples: Discussing the Opportunity for Spiritual...
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Primary Healthcare Workshop in Nepal
This week professors Vanora Hundley and Edwin van Teijlingen from the Centre for Midwifery, Maternal & Perinatal Health (CMMPH) were invited to the Primary Healthcare Workshop in Kathmandu. This...
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THET-funded mental health training dissemination in Kathmandu
On the last day of April we presented our key findings from the THET-funded project on Mental Health Training for Rural Community-based Maternity Care Workers in Nepal. The session in Hotel Yak &...
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Writing workshops in Nepal
Yesterday and today we offered sessions on academic writing and publishing at two different higher education institutions in Kathmandu. Yesterday we run a session for staff and postgraduate students...
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Resolving and transforming conflict
Everyone experiences conflict in life. How we deal about it is different, however. Various forms of conflict and strategies of facing them was the topic of a recent workshop organised by Professor...
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Congratulations to Dr. Pramod Regmi now Visiting Faculty at Datta Meghe Inst....
Congratulations to Dr. Pramod Regmi on his appointment as Visiting Research Fellow in International Health at Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences which is part of Deemed University in...
View ArticleHE policy update w/e 19th May 2017
This week we have a focus on the manifestos but some other interesting things first: Data protection within data analytics – The Information Commissioner has opened a formal investigation to assess the...
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Press release INASP highlights BU research paper
INASP, an Oxford-based organisation, aims to improve access to, and production and use of, research information and knowledge for sustainable development. Part of their approach is the Journals Online...
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We’re off to Glastonbury!!
We are very excited about taking our financial scams research to the Glastonbury Festival, 2017. This offers an amazing opportunity to engage with a very different, and potentially huge, audience. But...
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New BU publication in Public Health
This week the Oxford Encyclopaedia published our contribution on religious organisations and health promotion [1]. The paper in question ‘Faith Communities and the Potential for Health Promotion’ is...
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BU contributions to international midwifery conference 2017
Today sees the start of the triennial ICM (International Confederation of Midwives) conference in Toronto. BU is well represented in Canada through academics based in the Centre for Midwifery,...
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BU posters at international midwifery conference
BU academics from the Faculty of Health & Social Sciences had a strong presence at the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) in Canada this lunch time. They presented four separate...
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Review published on BU co-edited academic book
Sometimes we use the BU Research Blog to report on our own research and publications, sometimes post blogs about the works of colleagues. Occasionally we have the pleasure to report on something...
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